Device of repairing moving-picture films.



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APPLIOAI'IH PILE-D 00T. 4, 1907.

Patend Feb. 23, 1909.

nvm/ron ATTORNEY W/TNESSES 44 murmur ummm-munt CHARLES It. UEBELMESSER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE F-OR IILEPAIRING MOVING-PICTURE FILMS.

Specification oILetters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1 90,9.

Application flied October 4, 1907. Serial No. 896,842.

Ib all whom 'it may concern: v

Be it known that I CHARLES R. Unann- MESSER, a subject of the Emperor of German andaresident of the city of New Yor ,.in the county of New York and State of' New York, United States of America, have'invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Devices for Repairing Movlng-Picture Films, of which the following is,`

nl; as ecifcation.

' I y invention relatesba a device for holding the ends offfilmsfsueh as are used in 'moving picture machines, preparing such ends for joining them and pressing them 1.5 together while they are being cemented.

`la'uch films are often of greatv length and are sometimes torn and ruined. -By my invention such dama e may be quickly and easily repaired." T ie device which 1 have m invented may also be used to fasten Atwo or more-films `together Yto form a continuous strip, or to .secure the opposite ends ofV a lm to ether into an endless loop.

vI wil describe my invention in the following'specification and point out the novel thereof in claims.

'Referring' to the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of my device with a film in lace, the parts beingr showin in the position or preparing the ends of the film' which are to be joined. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, vpartly broken away, of 'some of the parts of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan View of the parts @s sliowiiin Fig. 2, the section being taken tllgljrthe line 3--3 of Fig. Q. Fig. 4 is a perspect *e view of my device showing the heir closed or. cemented position.

(gr ir4 front elevation of a t'ooLwhich useui connection with this invention, and vwliicllillias been iliade the subject of another application for Letters Patent Serial Nuuihelj 409,357, filed January 4th, 1907. Fig. 6 is u sectional side elevation ot' this tool, the

.g5 stv-tion being taken through the lineti-fi of Fig. 5.

Like characters oi reference designate mrresponding parts in all of the figures. l0 esignates a film of the kind used in 5@ moving picture machines and on which are a plurality of pictures of successive poses.

1l, 11 are holes along the sides of the film with which a part of the machine engages to drive the film.

is a flat holding member from which project several teethQl which fit into some the above described device.

a handle 41 depending from a flat frame 4:2

.followsz The" films to bc joine of the holes11 in a film when the latter is placed thereon.

22 desi nates an aperture which is provided in t e member 20 and which is of a proximately the size and shape of one of t e pictures on a film. A clamping iece 23 is pivoted at 24 and 25 to one e ge of the member 20, and is provided at 26 and 27 '-.ivith sprin catches which engage with the opposite e ge of the part 20 to hold the' c ainping' iece down over the holding member "120. gli aperture 28 which registers with the aperture 22 is provided in this clamping piece. d'designates another at holding member similar y constructed andl provided with teeth 31 and an aperture 32.

33 is mclamping piece pivoted at34 and 35 to the member 30 and arranged to b'e held thereon by spring catches 36 and 37 38 is an aperture in this clamping piece. One end ofeach of these holding members is preferably bent at an angle as shown, and the two members are pivotally joined together at 29, 39.

40 designates a Smoothing tool which I` have designed `-for use in conjunction with It comprises in which is a pair of parallel slots 43, 44. A. piece of sand aper may be passed through these s ots, and after it has been drawn tight its ends may be fastened by a clamp' 46 drawn down against them by a thumb-screw 47.

The manner of using this ap )aratus is as upon the tivo holding members 2O and 30 with their faces oppositely disposed; that is, if the front face of one of the films is placed fupon the 'holding member 20, the back face of the other film should be placed uponfthe holding member 30 and vice versa. These films should be so placed u on the holding members as to cause one o. 'the series of pictures upon cach of the films to register' with the aperture in its respective holding member, and then held in thereon by passing the teeth 52.1 an 31 through some of the holes 11, 11 in the films. These apertures and teeth in the two holding members are a definite distance apart are placed lace for a purposewhich will appear hereinafter.

sired. These are opened and swung back' on their pivots when the films are first placed in position upon the holding meni' They are then closed down upon the holding members thereby ositively securing the films in place. e two holding members are then swung into open position, which is the position shown in i 1. The upper edges of the two pieces of filiii will then project slightly above the Vupper edges of the holding members. Ifthe film had been toi'n these edges might be irregular, yand if desired may be trimmed off roughly with'a knife or scissors. While.the parts are thus held in the relative positions just described, a file or the smoothing tool is used to finish the edges of the films and to provide' them with a suitable bevel. In iorder to facilitate this part of the operation pivoted joints 29, 39 may be used to guide the smoothing tool. After the ends of the films have thus been suitably prepared, cenient is applied to them and the two holding members with their res ective films held thereon are swungabout t ieir pivoted joints into closed or sealing position, as is shown in Fig. 4. rIhe parts are so proportioned and arranged that the beveled c nds of the films are brought into juxtaposition by this operation and may be held together until the cement is setwhen a smooth and strong joint will have beenformed. .It Will now a pear that the relative positions of the fi ms .21 and 3l andthe apertures 22 and 32 of the two holding members is important. This is because `the various pictures of the series on any one film ai'e a fined distance apart and by this apparatus this fixed distance between different poses 1s maintained, although in the process one or more of the poses of the series is eliminated.

I have shown a sim wle forni of my invention, as 4only a Simp e apparatus like that .lescribed is necessary fOI' Carrying 1t out und for quickly and effecIVely )Ollllng the ends of films together.

ll'liat l claim is.-

1. In a device of the charac tel' described, the combination of-a pair of hcldlllg niemlieis,each arranged to hold a pif/Cl? 0f film in a predetermined relative posi *11011, and means for turning one of said filmt OVBI t0 bring its end against the end of th Other film to effect a joint between them.

2. In a device of the character described,

the combinfition of a pair of holding In 8mbers, pivotally conneried together and arranged to hold two pieces of films at a de fnite longitudinal vdistance apart.

3. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a pair of holding members, means for positively securing a piece of lm to each of said members at a predetermined relative position so that the end "of each piece of film may be beveled at the same time, and means for turning one of said films over to bring its beveled end a airis. the beveled end of the other film to e lect a. joint. between them.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of a pair of holding members, teeth upon said -holding members arranged to take into parts of films and there by positively securino a piece of film to eacli of said holding members at a predetermined relative position, said holdin members being provided With apertures or registering the films, and means for bringing the ends of said films together to effect a'cemented joint between them. A

5. In a device of the character described, the .combination of a pair of holdin members ivotally connected together, tee upon said lioldiiig members arranged to take into parts of films, clamping ieces arranged to hold said film upon the lio ding members and over said teeth, thereby positlvely securing a piece of film to each of said holding menibers at a predetermined relative osition, said members being arranged to lliiold `the ends of.' the films together so that the ends of both may be trimmed and beveled together, and means for bringin the beveled endsof said films together to e ect a cemented joint between' them.

G. In a device of the character described, the combination of a pair of holdin members pivotally connected together, teetv u on,

said holding members arranged to take into parts of films, clamping iecesarranged to hold said film upon the Iholding members, and-over said teeth, thereb positivel securing a piece of film to eac of said oldi members at a redetermined relative position, said holding members and clamping pieces being provided with` apertures for registering the films, said members being arg ranged to hold the ends of the films together so that the ends of both may be trimmed `and beveled together, and means for bringing the beveled ends of said films 'together to effect a cemented joint between them. y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tivo subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES R. UEBELMESSER. Witnesses ELLA TUoH, ERNEST W. MARSHALL. 

